ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with some why are calling this the most important report of the year. >> reporter: we are just five weeks now from a presidential election that has been dominated by talk about the economy. the latest job numbers could be crucially important for the election because they are a bell weather for how our nation's economy is doing. economists believe more jobs were created last month and the month before but the unemployment rate could pick up to about 8.2%. on the campaign trail yesterday the president and mitt romney hammered each over who is best with dealing with the economy. >> we can't afford to double down on the same top down economic policies that got us into this mess. that is not a jobs plan. it's not a plan for our economy. >> they plan on raising taxes on american people and that will kill jobs. we will not let that happen. we want to create jobs not kill jobs in this country. >> reporter: we are going to get quick reaction from both candidates this morning as they c